PT-Boats in Civil War...?

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"WHAT IF" by chance of Fate or Worm Hole a man form the future went back in time and was able to sale the Confederacy let say twenty WW2 PT-Boats....along with appropriate supply of fuel and armaments to fight for at least a year to 6 months?

How would this have change the River war out west?

Could the union have been able to maintain their Blockade?


PT-Boats.......What if.....

Could you picture Admiral Buchannan going into at Mobile Bay riding a PT-Boat.?

It sounds like a theme for an alternate histroy Sci Fi book....

I see many of one think PT-BOATS could not have been brought back in time.....PT-boats may not have been a game changer because WW2 PT's were made out of wood, not reinforce wood either. I am pointing out that if one took a hit in battle. It most likely would have been knock out of action.....It was armed with only 50 cals which is a great weapon and two torpedoes, only two shoots to sink a ship.

May have had only a limiting role in the war


I can't goat someone into joining my Sci Fi civil war alternative history theme........ PT boats lets say only a few went back in time with limited fuel and supplies, where could they have had their biggest influence in the river war or blockaded ports?.... I know there are a few Sci fi fans out there....
 

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but then we supply the union with schnellbooten - that would have been fun


.... why is it always some mean time travellers who support the slavers?
 

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Lets compare them for the duel...

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT_boat

A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants to coastal waters. In the USN they were organized in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons (MTBRONs).[1]
The PT boat was very different from the first generation of torpedo boat, which had been developed at the end of the 19th century and featured a displacement hull form. These first generation torpedo boats rode low in the water, displaced up to 300 tons, and had a top speed of 25 to 27 kn (46 to 50 km/h). During World War I Italy, the US and UK developed the first high-performance petrol-powered motor torpedo boats (often with top speeds over 40 kn (74 km/h)) and corresponding torpedo tactics, but these projects were all quickly disbanded after the Armistice. World War II PT boats continued to exploit some of the advances in planing hull design borrowed from offshore powerboat racing and by using multiple lightweight but more powerful marinized aircraft-derived V-12 engines were able to grow in both size and speed.
During World War II, PT boats engaged enemy warships, transports, tankers, barges, and sampans. As gunboats they could be effective against enemy small craft, especially armored barges used by the Japanese for inter-island transport. Several saw service with the Philippine Navy, where they were named "Q-boats".[2]
Primary anti-ship armament was four 2,600-pound (1,200 kg) Mark 8 torpedoes. Launched from 21-inch (530 mm) Mark 18 torpedo tubes, each had a 466-pound (211 kg) TNT warhead and had a range of 16,000 yards (15,000 m) at 36 knots (67 km/h). Two twin .50-inch (12.7 mm) M2 Browning heavy machine guns were mounted for anti-aircraft defense and general fire support. Some boats carried a 20 mm Oerlikon cannon.

LINK:
E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot, or S-Boot, meaning "fast boat") of the Kriegsmarine during World War II; E-boat could refer to a patrol craft from an armed motorboat to a large Torpedoboot. [1]
The most popular, the S-100 class, were very seaworthy,[2] heavily armed and capable of sustaining 43.5 knots (80.6 km/h; 50.1 mph), briefly accelerating to 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph).[3] They were armed with torpedoes and Flak guns (one 37mm at the stern and at least one 20mm at the bow) plus machine guns; some had 40mm cannon.[1]
These craft were 35 m (114 ft 10 in) long and 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) in beam.[4] Their diesel engines provided a range of 700 to 750 nmi (810–860 mi; 1,300–1,390 km), substantially greater than the gasoline-fueled American PT boats and British motor torpedo boats (MTBs).[
 
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